Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard in (a) family courts, (b) civil courts, (c) magistrates courts, (d) crown courts, and (e) tribunals in each month in 2020.

please find attached Annex A showing data on how many cases were heard in (a) family courts, (b) civil courts, (c) magistrates courts and (d) crown courts in each month in 2020.

Jan-Mar 2020 cases heard has been provided for civil. Parts a, c, d plus April onwards for part b are not yet published so cannot be provided.

In addition, please find Annex B showing on how many cases were heard in (e) tribunals, in each month in 2020. Data relating to this annex looks at the three large tribunals: Immigration & Asylum, Employment Tribunals and Social Security and Child Support, and those special tribunals where we can supply a monthly breakdown of the data held in the published stats. There are other tribunals where this level of detail not currently available.

Jan-Mar 2020 cases heard has been provided for civil. Parts a, c, d plus April onwards for part b are not yet published so cannot be provided